The History and Future of Walking Simulators | How they have Influenced Game Design and Storytelling

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The Stanley Parable
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An Analysis of the history and future of Walking simulators, and how they have been more influential than people may think.

Are Walking simulators games? This is a question that is constantly asked by people, yet no one has answered it definitively. This essay is a historical retrospective of the walking simulator as a genre , and attempts to get into why they are more influential than you may think.



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